- Anthony Marreco
Anthony (Tony) Freire Marreco (
9 August 1915 –4 June 2006 ) was a Britishbarrister . He was Junior Counsel at theNuremberg Trials , and later a founding director ofAmnesty International . He was also known for his romantic liaisons, marrying four times and having numerous other affairs.Marreco was the only son of
Geoffrey Marreco ofSt Mawes inCornwall . Marreco's family were of Portuguese descent, although his great-grandfather had become a naturalised British subject. He was educated atWestminster School , where he metMahatma Gandhi andT. E. Lawrence . He then attendedRADA but was expelled when he missed lessons to attend the Derby.In the
Second World War , Marreco was commissioned in the RNVR in 1940, serving as aLieutenant Commander in theFleet Air Arm until 1946. He served on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief of theHome Fleet , and on HMS "Formidable".Marreco was called to the Bar at
Inner Temple in 1941. TheAttorney-General , Sir Hartley Shawcross, was a friend of his father, and he invited Marreco to become Junior Counsel in the British Delegation at theInternational Military Tribunal atNuremberg , also known as theNuremberg War Crimes Tribunal , in 1945 and 1946. He continued to serve as an adviser in post-WarGermany , until 1949, but never returned to the bar.Marreco stood as a Liberal Party candidate for
Wells in the1950 UK general election , and forGoole in the1951 UK general election , but was unsuccessful both times. He was later a director of publishing companyWeidenfeld and Nicolson and a banker withSG Warburg . He maintained homes atPort Hall , a Georgian house inCounty Donegal where he bredCharollais cattle , and inShepherd Market inMayfair inLondon . In later years, he retired toAldbourne inWiltshire . Marreco lent his support toPeter Benenson , the son of his neighbour in London, as when Benenson foundedAmnesty International in 1960, but resigned as treasurer in 1971 when Amnesty refused to investigate reports oftorture by British troops inNorthern Ireland .He was married four times, but also had numerous affairs with other women. He married Lady
Ursula Manners , eldest daughter of the 9th Duke of Rutland in 1943, but they divorced in 1948. While serving in Germany, he became the lover ofLali Horstmann , then aged 66, the widow ofAlfred Horstmann . He then became involved with Louise de Vilmorin through the late 1940s until 1951. He reestablished his relationship with Lali Horstmann in 1951, joining her in South America and remaining with her until she died in August 1954, when he inherited part of her fortune. He later took up withLoelia, Duchess of Westminster .He married again in 1955, to
Brazil ianRegina de Souza Coelho , but marriage was dissolved in 1961. He married for a third time later that year toAnne Wignall (née Acland-Troyte). She died in 1982, and he remarried his second wife in 2004.References
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/06/07/db0702.xml Obituary] , "
The Daily Telegraph ",7 June 2006
* [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-2213985,00.html Obituary] , "The Times ",7 June 2006
* [http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article1095999.ece Obituary] , "The Independent ",24 June 2006 Persondata
NAME=Marreco, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Marreco, Anthony Freire; Marreco, Tony; Marreco, Tony Freire
SHORT DESCRIPTION=British lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH=August 9, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH=St Mawes, Cornwall
DATE OF DEATH=June 4, 2006
PLACE OF DEATH=
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